Machine for dipping matches.



No. Patented ct. 23, B900. J. ANDERSUN @L G. EVEHSN.

MACHINE FUR UIPFHNG MATCHES.

(Application led 'July 11, 1900.)

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MACHINE FDH DIPPING MATCHES.

(Application led July 11, 1900.)

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CHARLIE J. ANDERSON AND GEORGE EVERSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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Application led J'nly l1, 1900. Serial No. 23,205. (No model.)

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Be it known that we, CHARLIE J. ANDER- soN and GEORGE EvERsoN, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Detroit, in the county of Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Dipping Matches, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to machines for dipping matches-that is, for applying the paraffin and the igniting composition to the match-splints without the intervention of hand-labor.

The class of machines to which our invention more particularly relates is those in which the splints are cut from blocks of wood and clamped in frames, and these dippingframes, as theyare called, are used as vehicles for conveying the splints from one part to another and holding the same while they are being dipped in the parai'fin or similar inflammable coating and the fnlminating or igniting composition Our invention is designed to facilitate the handling of the dipping-frames in the application to the splints of the paraitin and the igniting or fulminating composition; and to this end our invention consists of a suitable supporting-frame, in the initial portion of which is a reciprocating platen adapted to equalize the projecting ends of the splints contained in the frames, a heating box or chamber for said splints adjacent thereto, a paraffin-tank, a rotary brush for removing any loose or broken splints and next to that the tank and rolls for applying the igniting or fnlminating composition, and means for drawingand guiding the frames past each of these various devices to be operated upon and delivering the same at a distance therefrom without the employment of hand-labor.

The invention further consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are side elevations of a complete machine, showing the left and right` hand ends of the machine, respectively. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of Fig. l looking from the right. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the equalizing-press for the match-splints. Fig. 5 is an end elevation thereof. Figs. 6 and '7 are elevations of the segmental gears for intermittently operating said press and feedchains. Fig. S is a perspective View of one of the chain-links and cross-bar.

In the drawings, Ais the supporting-frame, composed of the uprights 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, united at their tops by the connectingpieces 8, the uprights 2, 3, 5, and 6 being double the height of the other uprights and'hav ingv an additional connecting-piece 0 at their middle.

10 are brackets adjustably sleeved on the nprights, and supported cn these brackets are the L-shaped guide-rails 11, extending the entire. length of the frame, on each side thereof, thus forming a continuons track for supporting the dipping-frames throughout the entire length of the machine.

On the initial portion of this machine or table are a pair of intermittently-operated endless sprocket-chains 12passing over the sprocket-wheels 13 14 on the shafts 15 16, journaled in suitable bearings sleeved on the uprights 1 and 2, these sprocket-wheels being so arranged that the upper portion of the sprocket-chains will be substantially in line with the guide-rails and'ad'jacent thereto.

Above the sprocket-wheels 13 and substantially in line with the upper edge of the guiderail are a second pair of continuously-moving endless carrier-chains 17, which are of a length equal to the remaining portion of the feed table or frame and which in their return movement pass over the idler-Wheels 18, .19, 20, 22, 23, and 24, mounted on the shafts 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, and 32, adjnstably secured in suitable bearings sleeved on the uprights 2, 3, 5, and 6.

The continuously-moving carrier-chains 17 overlap the intermittently-operated chains 12 slightly and are arranged above the same a distance equal to the height'of a dippingframe, so that a frame in passing from one set of carriers to the other will have to pass between the two. Both sets of carriers 12 and 17 are driven from the same common shaft, the chains 17 being con tin nonsly driven,whilc the chains 12 are intermittently driven through intermediate gearing at twice the IOO speed of the chains 17, so that the capacity of the two chains is exactly alike, and by reason of being driven from the same common shaft the relative speed of the chains can be so timed that all danger of the cross-bars interfering with the top of the frames is avoided.

Spaced along the outer surface of each pair of chains'at suitable intervals are a series of angular cross-bars 36, which are connected at their opposite ends to the carrier-chains, said cross-bars being adapted to engage with the rear face of the dipping-frame, and thus slide the same along the guideways past the v-arious devices. The construction and manner of attaching these bars are fully shown in Fig.

8, in which 34 is a link provided with the lug 35, to which the cross-bar 36 is secured. We may provide an additional lug 38 on the opposite side of the link, as shown in dotted lines, to ride on the guide-rail, and thus prevent the chain from sagging.

B is a reciprocating butter or equalizingpress mounted upon a suitable base and across the bed-plate of which'are secured the guide-rails 11, the upper part of the carrierchains 12 also traveling across said bed-plate.

B B are uprights secured upon the bedplate B2, forming vertical guides in which the reciprocating platen B3 travels, said platen being driven from an eccentric B4, mounted upon the transverse shaft B5, journaled in suitable bearings on the uprights and carry? ing the pinion B6, meshing with a segmental gear on the driven shaft adapted to transmit motion intermittently thereto, or other equivalent mechanism may be employed. C is a transverse shaft mounted in bearings near the base of said uprights, carrying the pinion C and sprocket-wheel C2, said pinion meshing with a segmental gear on the drive-shaft adapted to transmit motion intermittently thereto, and C3 is a drive-chain connecting the sprocket C2 with a sprocketwheel on shaft 16, thus imparting an intermittent motion to the endless carrier-chains 12. l

D is a drive-shaft mounted in bearings intermediate the shafts B" and C and carrying at one end the tight and loose pulleys D D2 and the segmental gear D3, adapted to mesh with the pinion C, and at its opposite end the segmental gear D4, meshing with the pinion B6. D5 is a drive-sprocket on said shaft adapted to transmit motion to the endless carrier-chains 17 17 through the medium of the drive-chain D6, passing over a suitable sprocket-wheel on the shaft 31, carrying the drive-sprockets 23. It will thus be seen that as motion is imparted to the drive-shaft D the segmental gears D3 and D4, meshing with the pinions C' and B6, will cause the shafts B5 and O to revolve, the shaft C remaining stationary while the eccentric on the shaft B5 reciprocates the platen and the shaft B5 re-` maining stationary while the shaft CV makes one complete revolution, which through the medium of intermediate drive connections causes the intermittent carrier-chains 12 to place a newly-filled frame under the platen and move the other forward. It will be seen from the drawings that the relation between the' gears D3 DL and pinions C' and B6 is one to two and one to four, respectively, so that the vplaten will reciprocate with a quarterrevolution of the shaft D and remain idle during the balance of the revolution, and the shaft C, with but a half-revolution of the shaft D, will make a complete revolution and remain idle during the balance of the revolution, thus causing the carrier-chains 12 to move at twice the speed of the continuouslydriven chains 17 and to remain stationary one-half of the timethat is, while under the platen. means of which we are enabled to obtain this intermittent movement of the platen and carrier-chains 12 is fully shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

After the matches have been equalized in the dipping-frames by means of the reciprocating platen they are slid from underneath the platen along the guide-rails by reason of the intermittently-operated chains being set The construction of the gears by in motion until one of the angular cross-bars on r the continuously-moving carrier-chains 17 engages with the rear edge of the frame and slides it along over the heater E, which is provided with any suitable source of heat, and thence to the paraffin-tank F, which is mounted upon a suitable base and has a double bottom, so that the steam may be constantly supplied to keep the paraffin in a liquid state, a suitable faucet being provided so that the paraffin may be drawn olf. Suspended above the parafntank. proper is the parafliu-supply tank H, which is provided with a suitable steam-coil within, so that the cakes of paraffin may be melted therein and a supply constantly kept on hand, a suitable faucet being provided so that the paraffin in the tank proper can be replenished when necessary.

The guide-rails 1l are made with a double incline J when passing over the parafiin-tank, so that the lower ends of the matches contained in the dipping-frame will be dipped into the paraffin, suitable antifriction-wheels K being provided to cause the carrier-chains to descend with the frame.

After the matches have been parafiined they are fed along the table a short distance (so that the paraflin may harden) to a rotary brush L, driven by means of the carrierchains 17, passing over the sprocket-wheels L on the shaft L2, which carries a gear L3, meshing with gear L4 on the shaft carrying said brush, which removes any broken or loose splints that may have become wedged between the matches secured in the frame. Otherwise these loose or broken splints would adhere to the composition-roll, and thus destroy its uniform working.

From the rotary brush the dipping-frames are slid along the guideways and passed between the composition-rollers M N and the igniting or fulmiuatng composition added to the tip of the match by the roll N revolving in a tank N',

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containing the composition, said tank being mounted upon a suitable base and having a steam or hot-water jacket N2 surrounding said tank to keep the composition at a proper consistency. The composition-rolls are revolved by means of the carrier-chains ing around the sprockets O on the shaft O', journaled in suitable bearings on the uprights 5 and carrying the drive-gear O2, meshing with gear O3 on the shaft of the upper composition-roll, which in turn carries a gear O4, which meshes with a gear Oon the lower roll, the composition-rolls being turned at a sufficiently slow speed to effectually head the After passing through the composition-rolls the Jframes are run along the guideways a short distance and delivered to the unloading-machines for further manipulation, the endless sprocket-chains returning by means of the idler-wheels overhead, andl thus forming the driving means for the composition-rolls and rotary brush in their return movement, as already described.

It will thus be seen that our machine is of simple construction, compact, and does away entirely with the repeated handling of the dipping-frames, which is a great item in the cost of manufacture of matches, besides greatly increasing the capacity of the plant.

It is within the spirit of our invention to use any approved form of endless chains, equalizer, heating apparatus, paraffin-pan, rotary brush, or com position-applying means, also any driving means which would accomplish the result described.

lWhat we claim as our invention is l. In a machine for dipping matches, two sets of endless-chain carriers cooperating with each other to carry the dipping-frames in combination with guides in which said dipping- 1 rames are supported, one of the carriers having an intermittent motion and operating be low the guides and the other having a continuous motion and operating above the guides substantially as set forth.

2. In a machine for dipping matches, two sets of endless-chain carriers cooperating with each other to carry the di pping-frames in combination with the guides in which said dipping-frames are supported, one of the carriers having an intermittent motion and operating below the guides and the other having a continuous motion and operating above the guides and a reciprocating platen operating in the path of the intermittently-moving carrier-chains and in unison therewith substantially as described.

3. In a machine for dipping matches, two sets oi' endless-chain carriers cooperating with each other to carry the dipping-frames incornbination with the guides in which said dipping-frames are supported, one of the carriers having an intermittent motion and operating below the guides and the other having a continuous motion and operating above the guides and the equalizing device B having the fixed platen B2in the bed of the intermit tently-operated carrier-chains on which the matcnframes are supported and the intermittently-reciprocating platen B3 above it cooperating with the carrier.

4. In a machine for dipping matches the combination with a supporting-frame provided with guide-rails throughout its entire length, of two sets of endless carrier-chains driven from the same common shaft, comprising an intermittently-operated pair of chains traveling in line with the lower edge of the guide-rails and a continuously-operated pair of chains cooperating therewith and traveling in line with the upper edge of the guide-rails, cross-bars 36 spaced at suitable intervals along said chains and adapted to slide the dip ping-frames along the guide-rails substantially as set forth.

5. A machine for dipping matches, comprising essentially a frame provided with guiderails throughout its entire length, two sets of endless drag-chains traveling in line with said rails and adjacent thereto, both sets being driven from the same common shaft one set traveling in line with the lower edge of the guide-rails and being intermittently driven and the other set traveling in line with the upper edge of the guide-rails and being continuously driven both sets cooperating with each other to slide the dipping-frames along the guide-rails, a reciprocating platen in the path of the intermittently-operated carrier and operating in conjunction therewith, a rotary brush in the path of the continuouslyoperated carrier-and means for applying the igniting and fulminating composition to the splints.

6. In a machine for dipping matches, the combination with the frame and the guiderails, of the endless carrier-belts 12 and 17, cooperating with each other, the cross-bars 36 spaced at intervals along said carriers and adapted to engage with the rear edge of the dipping-frame and slide the same along the guiderails,the equalizer B located in the path of the carriers l2 and carrying the driveshaft, the transverse shafts B5, C carrying pinions adapted to mesh with segmental gears on the drive-shaft and thereby impart an intermittent motion to the reciprocating platen and carrier-chains l2 respectively and means for driving the carriers 17 continuously from said drive-shaft.

7. In a machine for dipping matches, the equalizer B supported upon a suitable base to which the vertical uprights or guides l5 are secured, the platen reciprocating in said guides, the drive-shaft D mounted in bearings on said uprights and carrying the loose and tight pulleys D/ D2 and segmental gears D3 at one end and the segmental gear D4 and sprocket-wheel D5 on the other end, the horizontal shafts B5 and C mounted in bearings on said uprights parallel with the drive-shaft and carrying the pinions C and IOO B6 meshing With said gears respectively and adapted to drive the chains 12 and platen B3 intermittently to coperate With each other.

8. In a machine for' dipping matches, two sets of endless drag-chains l2 and 17 eoper ating with each other and united at intervals by o10ss-bars, an evener in the path of one of the chains, a rotary brush L and oomp'osition-rollers M, N, in the pathof the other pair of chains all cooperating with each othe io and driven from the same common shaft.

In testimony whereof We affix our` signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLIE J. ANDERSON. GEORGE EVERSON.

Witnesses:

OTTO F. BARTHEL, JOSEPH A. NOELKE. 

